Displaced Tortoises for Solar in Mojave Roils Environmentalists

Construction of such large-scale green-energy projects has splintered environmental groups. When concern over global warming was at a peak, national organizations such as the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council threw their support behind...

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Cost Cutting: Is QBotix the BOS Innovation Solar Needs?

Watch Bokhari discuss the QBotix technology at Solar Power International, along with an animated demonstration, in the video below: Balance of systems (BOS) accounts for about 50 percent of the installed cost of a solar system. A traditional tracking...

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Green Tech States Are Not Necessarily Democratic

Most people would expect blue Democratic states to be eager to embrace clean tech and green jobs, the authors assert, with red Republican states resolutely declining to join in the action. However, according to the report, in the 10 states where clean...

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The Demonization of Clean Tech: The Five Biggest Myths

As a longtime analyst at clean-tech research firm Clean Edge and contributor to the recently published book Clean Tech Nation (coauthored by Clean Edge colleagues Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder), I should be on the front lines defending the clean-tech...

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Worldwide PV Equipment Market Squeeze Continues

After declining in the first quarter to its lowest level since the start of the data program, second quarter worldwide completed orders actually increased slightly, up two percent quarter-on-quarter. However, the reported billings of $706 million were...

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Studies Cite Increased Demand for Wind Power, Other Renewables

According to the Global Consumer Wind Study 2012 (GCWS), the desire for more renewable energy options was voiced by 85 percent of survey respondents, with 49 percent saying they'd have no problem digging deeper into their pockets to support companies...

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Blackstone to Buy Vivint for $2B and Support Its Expansion in Solar and Beyond

When the deal closes, which should come before the end of the year, it will give Blackstone control over 50 percent of the company, reported the New York Times. The rest of the company is owned by the management, according to Reuters. Vivint built...

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China Solar Manufacturer LDK Looks for Buyer

There are quite a few developments on the solar energy front today, led by the release of new financial results from LDK (NYSE: LDK), the weakest of China's major solar panel makers, that show a company in the midst of a meltdown. Meantime,...

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PV Firms and Utilities Eye Residential Storage

"When we take the literal definition of grid parity for PV, nothing is going to change,' he says. 'No customer looks at PV and calculates the levelised cost of energy - the average customer couldn't do that." The next bit, though, is where it gets...

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Distributed Generation Will Make Electric Grids More Secure, Expand Access

As our society continues to become more wired, the impact of a sudden power outage – such as what occurred in India in early August – becomes increasingly severe and disruptive. With more and more businesses – including mission critical facilities like...

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